clips of me sparring

**alex** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 12:29pm

SO i decided I would start recording some of the sparring sessions I do, first one the other night. background- im the dude in the black singlet/shorts with blue headgear. we werent going too heavy, this was a pretty relaxed sparring sesh because a lot of the guys have had fights recently or are newbs. unofrtunately camera fucked out (wasnt enough room cos the girl recording forgot to delete her music off it, doh) but managed to get 4 full rounds and a very nice spinning nut kick.

round 1 and 2- with a guy new to our gym, has had a couple of fights under someone else though.
YouTube - sparring round 1

YouTube - sparring round 2

round 3 and 4-
I fucking hate sparring other southpaws, so awkward. this guy is pretty talented though, has trained over in thailand a bit.
YouTube - sparring round 3

YouTube - sparring round 4

...and me being cup checked by the strongest jabber in the world Tom
YouTube - nutshot

**ysc87** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 1:42pm

The end of the last video should be made into an animated avatar for you.

Aside from that, it seems like fairly decent ~50% sparring, and that other southpaw dude looks pretty good.

Got any comp. vids?

**Matt Phillips** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 2:05pm

Other than standing flat footed and "taking pictures" ever now and then, looks decent.

I wish I had video of the sparring session between KosherKickboxer and Strikestanian I watched yesterday. That was some of the funniest **** I have seen in a long time. "Get your cup out of my ass!"

**Matt Phillips** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 2:12pm

Originally Posted by ysc87

Got any comp. vids?

ahem.

**ysc87** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 2:14pm

oh, right- been away too long.

**alex** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 3:26pm

i like to think of my flat footedness as taking a"relaxed" stance >.>

**Matt Phillips** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 3:34pm

I know what you mean. I like to think of getting knocked out going to bed a little earlier than usual.

**honest_truth** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 3:41pm

Great sparring, nice nutshot.

Just to ask you guys for aliveness approximation (or how hard you hit).

What % would you give this, 20%, 30% ?
very light, light or medium contact ?

**Torakaka** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 3:55pm

You have a tendency to lean over when you attack, making it difficult for you to recover and defend any counter attacks. Also, you move straight in, attack and stay where you are so when the other guy doesn't move back you're in a bad spot to eat a return shot. The main thing I'm noticing is that you're kinda stiff and your posture gets a little out of whack when you attack, so you have trouble defending counter attacks.

Also, you guys are being so lazy :P

**alex** · Posted On: 6/22/2009 4:44pm

Originally Posted by honest_truth

Great sparring, nice nutshot.

Just to ask you guys for aliveness approximation (or how hard you hit).

What % would you give this, 20%, 30% ?
very light, light or medium contact ?

would say light to medium, depending on who it was with- i went quite light on the first guy.

i noticed that i do tend to always move forward, need more lateral movement. and to feint more. bad habit of eating a hit to deliver one.

was a bit stiff but then, 3 days previous to this i had been getting cold sweats because my back was in so much pain (did something to it doing kettlebells) and it wasnt quite recovered. not that my posture is anything to write home about at the best of times